Driving through Eastern Washington today, you’ll see idyllic, rolling hills, with the same never-ending bunches of weeds and ...

Drought notoriously impacts many facets of wheat production. Growers deal with reduced yields and shortened plant heights while facing other issues that cloud a crop’s success. Little moisture also ...

Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research fields on the Palouse. (Courtesy Xianming Chen/USDA Agricultural Research Service) Researchers have found the stripe rust fungus in research ...

It's harvest time on the Palouse, and North Idaho wheat farmer Wayne Jensen has invited me into the air-conditioned cab of his massive combine. A color-coded computer screen shows us exactly how many ...

PALOUSE, Wash. — It's harvest time on the Palouse. Thousands of acres of wheat are being harvested from the Rolling Hills, and there is another yearly event happening in one of those fields; WSU's ...

The Palouse has inspired countless artists with its iconic vistas of grain-covered hills, yellow-gold and green against an azure blue sky and dotted with farmsteads. When clouds roll through and the ...

BECU's 2023 Butch crop art by Stan Herd (Photo: BECU) STAN HERD, WHO GREW UP in Kansas wheat country, is effusive when asked what it’s like coming to the Palouse every August to work his crop art ...

OAKESDALE, Wash. – Wednesday was an immaculate day on the Palouse. Cartoonishly puffy clouds filled a brilliant blue sky. A gentle breeze blew through the 65-degree air. Hill after hill of bright ...